Improvement in beds, cushions, and other upholsterings



UNITEDA STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE H. BARNES, 0F Hoos'roK FALLS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEDS, CUSHIONS, AND OTHER UPHOLSTERINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 110,820, dated J anuary` 10, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE H. BARNEs, of

-l Hoosick Falls, in the county of Rensselaer and to which my improvement has been applied,

part being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts..

My invention relates to devices for ventilating beds, cushions, 'and car or chair seats; and it consists in the arrangement therein of a series of pairs oftubes, each one ofa pair opposite to and connected with its ais-amis by a coiled wire.

l will now describe my invention as applied to a bed or mattress, its application to the other articles to which it is applica-ble being made in the same manner.

A'represents the cover or casing of the bed or mattress. B is the body or stuffing of the Same.

In the casin g A are formed openings a', leading through the body B of the said bed or mattress.

In the openings in the casing A are placed thimbles or short tubes G to keep them open when the bed is being used.

The tubes C may be made of rubber or other suitable material which will keep the end parts of said openings'l'rom being closed when the bed is being used. The tubes or thimbles C also serve to prevent the stuffing B from working out of the openings c in the casing or cover A. The openings through the body yor stuiing B are kept open by wire coils D efxtending the entire length of the opening, and secured at its ends to the cover or casing A. These openings a may extend longitudinally or laterally or vertically through the bed, mattress, or other article, orin two or more directions at the same time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as-new and desire to secureby LettersPatent- A series of short tubes, O, and wire coils D, combined with a bed, A B, in the manner shown and described, and for the purpose specified.V4

HORACE H. BARNES.

Witnesses: y EDWARD J. DUSENBURY, FRANK J. BARNES. 

